1962 in paleontology explained
Paleozoology
Conodont paleozoology
German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923–2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.[1]
Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Birds
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Anas ogallalae [5] | Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pliocene | Ogallala Formation |
| An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962. | |
| Corvus betfianus [6] | Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pleistocene | Betfia 5 | | A Corvidae. | |
| Diomedea californica [7] | Sp. nov. | valid | | Muddle Miocene | Temblor Formation |
| A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853. | |
| Passer predomesticus [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | | Muddle Pleistocene | Acheulian | | A Passeridae. | |
| Pelargosteon tothi | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pleistocene | Betfia 5 | | An Aves Incertae Sedis, described in the Ciconiidae. | |
| Perdix jurcsaki | Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pleistocene | Betfia 5 | | A Phasiandae. | |
| Tetrao partium | Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pleistocene | Betfia 5 | | A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962. | |
| Turdicus tenuis | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | valid | | Early Pleistocene | Betfia 5 | | A Turdidae. |
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References
- Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
- New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
- Web site: Olshevsky . George . Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List . 2008-08-07 . 2011-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html . dead .
- Crompton . A.W. . Charig . A. . 1962 . A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa . Nature . 196 . 4859 . 1074–1077 . 10.1038/1961074a0. 1962Natur.196.1074C . 4198113 .
- Brodkorb . Pierce . 1962 . A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas . Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences . 25 . 2 . 157–160 .
- Kretzoi . Miklós . 1962 . Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia . Aquila . 67–68 . 167–174 .
- Miller . Loye Holmes . 1962 . A New Albatross from the Miocene of California . Condor . 64 . 6 . 471–472 . 10.2307/1365470. 1365470 . free .
- Tchernov . Eitan . 1962 . Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine . Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology . 11 . 3 . 95–131 .
